| Beginning of the end for 568 Group oligopoly
There is nothing I love more than a good old-fashioned oligopoly in academia. Trouble is, not everyone knows how to communicate with the wink of an eye or a chummy old pat on the back over whiskeys in your “drawing rooms." Damn literalists may look at you like you have a third eyeball just above your nose when you propose a little “arrangement" or a small “exchange." They just can't seem to get the hushed message unless you spell it out word for word. .
Daily Blabber Celebrity Gossip Blog from iVillage Entertainment
The rehabbed actress spent New Year's Eve in Capri, Italy and, while celebrating with some new pals, took a nice big swig from a bottle of bubbly. But Lindsay's lawyer tells People.com it was a one-time deal, and LiLo is not back to her hard-partying ways. ""After being handed a champagne bottle while on a dance floor in Italy on New Year's Eve and drinking from it, the good news is that Lindsay stopped herself, called her sponsor, and got herself back on track," Blair Berk said in a statement. "There is no magic cure here. The most unfortunate part of this is that Lindsay has to share her 'one day at a time' with the entire world." Oh, Lindsay. Perhaps, at this vulnerable time in her life, Lindsay should just spend quiet nights at home. .
Atlanta Music Scene
Ever wanted to dress up as your favorite rock star for Halloween? Have you gone through with it? Well, Fallon Worley has. The three-year-old from Birmingham is headed to Atlanta tonight with his parents Crystal and Kevin for the Smashing Pumpkins show at the Fox (the band plays tomorrow night, too). Dad Kevin Worley is originally from Douglasville. "He lived there all his life until he met me," says Crystal Worley. "People think we're crazy, that we're pushing him," Fallon's mom says, but the kid is apparently a big fan. "He doesn't watch kids shows, he watches concerts. He just plays guitar in front of our TV. And when we asked him what he wanted to be for Halloween, he said 'Smashing Pumpkins!'." The costume, based on one of Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan's stage outfits from the current tour, was made by Fallon's grandmother from a pattern his mom cut out of newspaper.
Surveyor says savings in gas, car use benefit public
CROWN POINT |The Lake County surveyor said he is reducing his spending and making amends for lapses in judgment that have made him the target of public outrage in recent weeks.Surveyor George Van Til said Wednesday he repaid the county for use of county gasoline and a pickup truck, forfeited mileage reimbursements he won't claim and has given up a take-home vehicle he once enjoyed at taxpayer's expense.He said he also is planning to reduce his office's fleet by three vehicles for a total savings he calculates to be $11,925.Van Til also has drawn up a proposed county ordinance that would more closely regulate county vehicle and gasoline use."When an official creates a problem, they should try to make it right. This is about trying to make things right. I'm taking lemons and making lemonade," Van Til said.Van Til came under attack in November for lending a new county-owned pickup truck to his son to drive to high school.He gave up his lease car to calm public opinion, but was back in the public eye in December when one of his employees was caught on a security video pumping gasoline from a county pump into Van Til's personal sport utility vehicle.Van Til said lending the truck to his son was a mistake.
January 2003
Principled dissent to war is a good thing but Patrick Bryson has a big problem with the type of dissent being practiced by people like Sheryl Crow
Aren't we all guilty of excess?: Hypocritical celebrities are slamming America's "excess" but Brian S. Wise says Americans have nothing to apologize about
Doing what any father would do: One night last month Ronald Dixon wounded a violent criminal who had broken into his home and entered the room of his 2-year old child. Predictably he's being charged for using a handgun. Paul Walfield says that's outrageous
NDP Leadership 2003: Final Day: Barton Wong wraps up his coverage from the New Democrat leadership convention with some final thoughts about the convention and the election of Jack Layton
Layton Triumphant: Day Two, NDP Leadership 2003: Barton Wong continues his report from the New Democrat convention with some behind the scenes gossip
The NDP Leadership Convention 2003: Day One: Barton Wong reports from the first day of the NDP convention in Toronto.
Will Tisdale Survive Jennifer Grey Syndrome?
A nose job may have fixed her deviated septum, but it has rendered Ashley Tisdale (even more) unrecognizable. Who's that girl? Mira Sorvino?! Sarah Michelle Gellar?! Known mostly as the chick from "High School Musical" who isn't dating Zac Efron, Ash showed off her new beak on Wednesday, after canceling concerts last weekend due to her surgery. Tisdale may have recovered from rhinoplasty, but will her career?! Ashlee Simpson's never did!In the early '90s, "Dirty Dancing" star Jennifer Grey's face-altering nose job went so well -- she barely worked again! .
Google will beat UK TV on ads
All Orange 3G customers can now receive up to 23 Sky Mobile TV channels including live news, sport, music, entertainment and documentaries from some of televisions biggest brands.
Sky Mobile TV includes a mix of dedicated made for mobile channels and others that are streamed as live. Users can keep up with live breaking news and sports reports from Sky News and Sky Sports News, or enjoy entertainment, music and documentaries while theyre on the move. Back to top
Player X and Universal mobile Retrosodes Mobile media company Player X has expanded its relationship with Universal Mobile Entertainment by producing mobile video content based on 1980s hit TV shows Knight Rider and Magnum, P.I.
Series one of this made-for-mobile animated content consists of 10 original Retrosodes of up to two-minutes each adapted to handsets and channel requirements.
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